Day: April 14, 2020

Today Lily and I got an e-mail from Mary’s teacher saying she is not really turning in any of her assignments……We were a bit confused because Lily has been sending Mary upstairs to spend time on assignments that Lily predesignated for her. Today, Lily took it one step further, and sat down next to Mary to personally supervise ten pages of math homework. Mary is so behind, that is about how much she will need to do each day in order to eventually catch up.

Mary was so pooped after all the math and the other activities of the day, that she flopped face-forward into the couch pillows and fell asleep when she was done. That was just after dinner.

This is a good time to highlight how much I love our couch. We got it used from the owners of the house before us and it is perfect for kids. We are not stressed out about it because it is clearly used and we know we will eventually replace it. And yet, it is so so soft and comfy. I can collapse into it, and get completely lost in it’s softness and seemingly endless areas. Add in all the pillows we added and you have a cozy wonderland……perfect for……children playing imaginary games of course!

Here is a video of Clarissa, Ammon and Mary playing a game of pig pen (or something like that).

Clarissa dressed up in a 6T Jasmine dress today. She’s so cute and Tall!

The highlight of my day was walking around the block 5 times with Lily as we just caught up with each other. I love that woman, and time to just connect with her in simplicity is among my most prized possessions. On one of our final laps the birds were singing. We also saw progressions of the sunset every time we rounded the corner before our house. It was a very magical evening.

After our walk Lily went in to Ammon’s room and caught this picture of our adorable little Ammon in his new bed:

I am sooooo glad to be back on our schedule!! Oh my goodness, there’s something so much easier (in some ways) when the kids have specific tasks they have to complete…all. day. long. Oh, it’s so nice to be in that groove again. By the end of last week I was kind of dying. We are going to need to keep some sort of schedule in the summer because letting the kids do what they want all day long makes me slightly crazy. (Not that I mind their activities–but it actually ends up being almost more work in some ways…)

I also added two new things to the schedule. At 2pm we had our audiobook time where the older girls and I all listen to E.H. Gombrich’s History of the World while coloring or playing with play dough. Then at 3pm we had our Shakespeare tea time. We eared Marullus’ speech to the Romans about a dozen times while drinking tea and eating biscotti. This was my favorite part of the day. Ammon loves to join in and repeats the lines after us in his half-way-there linguistical way. It is darling. Like, so, so, so cute. Lydia and I both fed him the lines of the entire speech at least once each because we thought his acting was so hilarious. Next time I will get a video.

Here is a video of Mary reciting the speech.

Here is a video of Lydia reciting the speech.

Here’s a picture of the girls during our Shakespeare tea time.